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1 И говорилъ Іегова Моисею, и сказалъ:

2 освяти Мнј каждаго первенца, разверзающаго всякія ложесна между сынами Израилевыми, отъ человјка до скота: это Мое.

3 И сказадъ Моисей народу: помните сей день, въ который вышли вы изъ Египта. изъ дома рабства; ибо рукою крјпкою Іегова вывелъ васъ оттолј, и не јшьте кислаго.

4 Теперь выходите вы въ мјсяцј Авивј.

5 И когда введетъ тебя Іегова въ землю Хананеевъ, и Хеттеевъ, и Аморреевъ, и Хиввеевъ, и Іевусеевъ, которую дать тебј клялся Онъ отцамъ твоимъ, въ землю, гдј течетъ молоко и медъ; то въ семъ мјсяцј совершай сіе служеніе.

6 Семь дней јшь прјсный хлјбъ, и въ седъмый день праздникъ Іеговј.

7 Прјсный хлјбъ јшь семь дней; такъ чтобы не видно было у тебя кислаго, и не видно было у тебя кваснаго во всемъ предјлј твоемъ.

8 И возвјсти въ день тотъ сыну твоему, говоря: это въ память того, что сотворилъ Іегова со мною, когда вышелъ изъ Египта.

9 И да будетъ тебј сіе знакомъ на рукј твоей, и памятникомъ предъ очами твоими, дабы законъ Іеговы былъ въ устахъ твоихъ; ибо рукою крјпкою вывелъ тебя Іегова изъ Египта.

10 Итакъ по установленію сему исполняй въ назначенное время изъ года въ годъ.

11 И когда введетъ тебя Іегова въ землю Ханаанскую, какъ Онъ клялся тебј и отцамъ твоимъ, и дастъ тебј ее,

12 представляй Іеговј все разверзающее ложесна, также и все первородное изъ скота, какой у тебя будетъ мужескаго пола, посвящай Іеговј.

13 Но все разверзающее утробу осла выкупай агнцемъ; а если не выкупишь, убей его, и каждаго первенца человјческаго изъ сыновъ твоихъ выкупай.

14 И если въ послјдующее время спроситъ тебя сынъ твой, говоря: что это значитъ? то скажи ему: рукою крјпкою вывелъ насъ Іегова изъ Египта, изъ дома рабства.

15 Ибо, когда Фараонъ упорствовалъ отпустить насъ, Іегова умертвилъ всјхъ первенцевъ въ землј Египетской, отъ первенца человјческаго до первенца изъ скота; посему я приношу въ жертву Іеговј все разверзающее ложесна мужескаго пола, а всякаго первенца изъ сыновъ моихъ выкупаю.

16 И да будетъ сіе знакомъ на рукј твоей, и вмјсто повязки надъ глазами твоими; ибо рукою крјпкою Іегова вывелъ насъ изъ Египта.

17 Когда же Фараонъ отпустилъ народъ, Богъ не повелъ ихъ по дорогј земли Филистимской, потому что она близка; ибо сказалъ Богъ: чтобы не раскаялся народъ увидјвъ войну, и не возвратился въ Египетъ.

18 И обвелъ Богъ народъ дорогою пустынною къ Чермному морю. И вышли сыны Израилевы изъ земли Египетской въ военномъ порядкј.

19 И взялъ Моисей съ собою кости Іосифа; ибо Іосифъ клятвою заклялъ сыновъ Израилевыхъ, сказавъ: непремјнно посјтитъ васъ Богъ, и вы съ собою вынесите кости мои отсюда.

20 И двинулись изъ Сокхоѕа, и расположились станомъ въ Еѕамј, въ концј пустыни.

21 И шелъ Іегова предъ ними днемъ въ столпј облачномъ, иоказывая имъ путь, а ночью въ столпј огненномъ, свјтя имъ, дабы можно было идти и днемъ и ночью.

22 Столпъ облачный днемъ, и столпъ огненный ночью не скрывался отъ глазъ народа.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8080

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8080. 'And all the firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem, means that the truths of faith are not to be ascribed to the Lord, but forms of the good of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'the firstborn' as faith, dealt with in 352, 2435, 6344, 7035, 8042; from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373; and from the meaning of 'redeeming' as giving something else instead, as above in 8078, 8079. The fact that those truths of faith are not to be ascribed follows from the full message that is implied by these words, And all the firstborn of man among your sons you shall not make over, that is, you shall not sacrifice, but you shall redeem', 'not making over' being not ascribing, as above in 8074, 8078. From this it is evident that 'all the firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem' means that the truths of faith are not to be ascribed to the Lord, but something else instead. Proof that this something else is the good of faith is provided by the consideration that generally 'the firstborn' means the good of faith, as above in 8042, 8043. But since it speaks here about 'the firstborn of man among his sons', the truth of faith is meant; for there is the truth of faith and there is the good of faith.

[2] Further proof that the good of faith, which is charity, is this something else which is to be ascribed to the Lord instead of the truths of faith is provided by the fact that the firstborn of the children of Israel were not accepted but the Levites instead; and the reason for this was that 'Levi' represented the good of faith, or charity, 3875, 4497, 4502, 4503. With regard to the acceptance of the tribe of Levi instead of all the firstborn, see Numbers 3:12-13, 40-end; 8:16-18. Even more proof that the good of faith is the something else to be ascribed to the Lord is provided by the consideration that faith without charity is not faith, 654, 724, 1162, 1176, 2231, 2343, 2349, 2429, 2839, 2982, 3146, 3325, 3849, 3865, 4368, 5351, 7039, 7082-7084, 7342 (end), 7950, and also by the consideration that the good of faith in actual fact occupies first place, while the truth of faith merely appears to do so, 3539, 3548, 3556, 3563, 3570, 3576, 3603, 3701, 4925, 4926, 4928, 4930, 4977, 5351, 6256, 6269, 6272, 6273, so that charity is the firstborn, 3325, 3494, 4925, 4926, 4928, 4930.

[3] The reason why the truth of faith regarded in itself without the good of faith is not to be ascribed to the Lord, that is, not to be given to Him or acknowledged to come from Him, is that no truth of faith has any life within it until it becomes the good of faith; and the truth of faith becomes the good of faith through the willing and doing of it, 7835. When therefore it becomes the good of faith it is acknowledged by the Lord as being His, for the Lord imparts faith indirectly through the good of faith. Every truth of faith too that a member of the spiritual Church possesses becomes the good of faith when he is regenerated. Not till then does it become the Lord's.

[4] The law regarding the redemption of the firstborn of man was laid down to prevent them from sacrificing their sons, a practice that had come into use among gentiles with whom statutes of the Ancient Church - which was a representative Church - remained in force, but in a form that had been completely adulterated in the course of time. The consecration of the firstborn to God was one of those statutes of the Ancient Church; but by consecration they began to understand sacrifice. The descendants of Jacob leaned likewise towards the same practice, and therefore that law of redemption was marked out for them. And to prevent them from following that practice the Levites were adopted instead of the firstborn, as has been stated. The law was marked out in keeping with its corresponding meaning in the spiritual world, which is that the truths of faith are not holy, thus that these are not to be consecrated or ascribed to the Lord but forms of the good of faith. Later on that consecration to Him was taken to mean that they were to give or present the firstborn to Jehovah, and to offer a sacrifice for him, as the following stated in Luke shows,

When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Jesus to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord (as it has been written in the Law of the Lord, that every male opening the womb should be called holy to the Lord) and to offer a sacrifice. Luke 2:22-24.

  
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